And there is love.

Your father is an amazing man. He's loving. He's sweet. He's the best a wife could ask for. Your father is more true than a heat seeking missile. He loves deeper than the Atlantic. He saw an older man digging in the trash cans at the gas station and taking out all the cans. Your father took all the cans out of our vehicle and gave then to him and wanted to offer him some money or to buy him a meal. Since the guy was Mexican he didn't think the man would accept an offer of more than just the cans. Everyone else at the station just seemed to shy away from the poor man. Where is the brotherly love of our brothers and sisters in Christ? God calls us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Now that man may have plenty of money. He may just be doing his part to "save the planet" and may not even need the money. He could also be in dire need of the money and just trying to feed his family or himself. He may not have a job and is doing what he can to earn a buck or two. Maybe he has a daughter or a wife that used to the finer things in life and his job has cut his hours and he's trying to make up the difference in any way he can so his family doesn't suffer the blunt. In any situation it's our Christian duty to help others as we want to be helped, to have compassion as if he's part of our own family. My husband, your father, saw what he thought and assumed was a brother in need and he did what he could to help. That, my child, is love. Godly love to be exact. It's only doing what we can and what we should to help those that need it.. So there is love. It's a shame more people don't have or show it. I will solemnly swear to do my best to show, teach, and emphasize Godly love.

-mom-